"The trouble with this [Zizeks] "political theology" is that it clings to the underlying assumption that there exists a realm of pure nature, i.e., a realm that is void of any supernatural; so any subsequent appeal to Christianity is done so only by refusing already the fundamental Christian claim that man is ordered towards the supernatural, that man has a natural desire for the supernatural. Leaving the supernatural behind does not do away with the need for theology; on the contrary, as Zizek´s work highlights, it leads inevitably to a theology, only one of utter abandonement, a bastard theology without a Father." (xiv)

- Det tycks som att James Dunn skulle instämma i ovanstående citat: "Theology begins with an unwillingness to believe that the reality of human beings and human society can be fully explained solely in material terms."

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Spot on:

"All understanding of reality involves a commitment, a venture of faith. No belief system can be faulted by the fact that it rests on unproved assumptions; what can and must be faulted is the blindness of its proponents to the fact that this is so." - Lesslie Newbigin